SCY2290

Spiritualities, Faiths and Religions: Society and the Transcendent (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Andrew Singleton

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: Students completing this subject successfully will encounter the diversity of spirituality in religiously plural Australia, become sensitive to the ways in which spiritualities and modes of interacting with the transcendent are socially organised, understand the complex interplay between religion and society, appreciate the social underpinning and structuring of religious belief and the ways in which religious belief shapes society, become aware of the sociological perspectives on spirituality and religious belief, practice and organisation in Australian society.

Assessment: Research paper (3500 words): 75% + Class test (1 hour): 25% + Second year students' research reports will involve two rather than three theories of religion.

Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in Sociology or permission

Prohibitions: SCY3290, RLT2/3290, COS2290/3290